JPH0565045A - Door pad for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve the productivity of automobile door pads and improve their versatility. [Structure] The door trim 10 includes a door trim inner 26 that constitutes a vehicle cabin inner side portion and a door trim outer 11 that constitutes a vehicle cabin outer portion. The door trim outer 11 has a two-layer structure of a skin 24 that constitutes the vehicle interior side and a trim base material 25 that configures the vehicle interior side. A vehicle door pad 27 is disposed on the vehicle interior side of the vertical portion 26D of the door trim inner 26. The vehicle door pad 27 has a hard pad 28 on the outside of the vehicle body, and a soft pad 30 on the inside of the vehicle body.
8 and the soft pad 30 are bonded. In addition, the soft pad 30 follows the shape of the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25,
It is supposed to deform.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile door pad arranged on the back side of a base material of a door trim.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on the back side of an automobile door trim,
A door pad is provided as a cushioning material for absorbing energy when an occupant contacts the door trim. As an example of this door pad, the actual open flat 1-14
The thing of the 4112 publication is known.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the side door 70 to which the door pad is applied, the door trim 72 is composed of a core plate 74 and a covering member 76 having a cushioning property and arranged on the surface of the core plate 74. ing. Further, the position of the core plate 74 within the front-back movement limit position front-back range of the seat 78 arranged at a position facing the covering member 76 and facing the position of the upper and lower approximately center of the side portion 80A of the seat back 80 of the seat 78. A recessed portion 82 that bulges toward the inside of the room is formed in the inside of the recessed portion 82.
4 is filled.

[0004]

However, as the door pad 84, a hard pad having a predetermined hardness is used in order to sufficiently absorb the energy when the side door 70 and the occupant come into contact with each other, and The concave portion 82 is filled without any gap. On the other hand, generally, the inner surface of the recess 82 of the core plate 74 of the door trim 72 is not flat but curved or uneven. Therefore, in order to reliably fill the recess 82 of the core plate 74 with the door pad 84 without any gap, it is necessary to process the adhesive surface 84A of the door pad 84 with the recess 82 in accordance with the shape of the inner surface of the recess 82. .. For this reason,
The productivity of the door pad 84 is reduced, and the versatility of the door pad 84 is reduced.

In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to obtain an automobile door pad capable of improving productivity and improving versatility.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a door pad for an automobile, which is arranged on a rear surface side of a base material of a door trim, and a hard pad arranged at a position separated from the base material. And a soft pad which is disposed between the hard pad and the base material and which deforms according to the shape of the back surface of the base material and adheres to the back surface of the base material.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the soft pad is deformed along the shape of the back side of the door trim base material, when the soft pad of the door pad is bonded to the back side of the door trim base material. The soft pad is in close contact with the back surface of the base material of the door trim, and the gap between the hard pad and the back surface of the base material of the door trim is filled with the soft pad. Also, when the adhesive force between the soft pad and the back surface of the base material is set to be larger than the repulsive elastic force of the soft pad, the soft pad follows the shape of the back surface of the base material even when the back surface of the base material has a curve or unevenness. It deforms and adheres to the back surface of the substrate.

Therefore, it is not necessary to process the door pad according to the shape of the back surface of the base material of the door trim, and the productivity of the door pad can be improved. Further, this door pad can be attached to a door trim having a different shape on the back surface side of the base material, so that the versatility of the door pad can be improved.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of an automobile door pad according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (A), 1 (B) and 2.

In the figure, the arrow FR indicates the front direction of the vehicle body, the arrow IN indicates the inner side direction of the vehicle, and the arrow UP indicates the upper direction of the vehicle body.

As shown in FIG. 2, a door trim 10 to which an automobile door pad according to the present invention is applied is attached to a vehicle interior side (front seat 34 side) of an inner panel of a not-shown closed front door. ing.

An armrest 12 bulged toward the inside of the vehicle is provided in the middle of the door trim 10 in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. A door pocket 14 is provided below the armrest 12 in the vehicle body, and a center ornament 16 is provided above the armrest 12 in the vehicle body. An operating portion 18 such as a power window switch is provided on the front side of the armrest 12 in the vehicle body, and a speaker grill 20 is provided below the operating portion 18. Further, a defroster 22 is provided on the upper side of the vehicle body of the operation portion 18 to evaporate dew attached to the inner surface of the windshield glass by supplying warm air.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the door trim 1
Reference numeral 0 includes a door trim outer 11 which constitutes an outer side portion of the vehicle compartment and a door trim inner 26 which constitutes a side portion of the vehicle interior. The door trim outer 11 has a skin 24 and a trim base material 25.
It has a two-layer structure with. A bulging portion 2 bulged toward the vehicle interior so that the cross section along the vehicle body width direction has a U shape at a substantially central portion of the door trim inner 26 in the vehicle body vertical direction.
6A is formed and serves as a core portion of the armrest 12. Further, an arc portion 26B having a cross section bent in an arc shape along the vehicle body width direction is formed at an end portion on the vehicle upper side of the door trim inner 26 toward the outside of the vehicle compartment. A bent portion 26C slightly protruding toward the vehicle interior side is formed at a substantially central portion between the bulging portion 26A and the arc portion 26B.

A portion between the bent portion 26C and the arc portion 26B of the door trim inner 26 is a vertical portion 26D which stands up along the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and between the vertical portion 26D and the door trim outer 11. , Automotive door pads 2
7 are arranged.

As shown in FIG. 1 (B), the outer side of the vehicle body of this automobile door pad 27 is constituted by a hard pad 28 having a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, and the inner side portion of the vehicle body is a soft pad having a substantially rectangular flat plate shape. Hard pad 28
And the soft pad 30 are bonded.

Further, the thickness M1 of the soft pad 30 of the vehicle door pad 27 is made thicker than the thickness of the protrusion 32 on the back surface 25A of the trim base 25, and the soft pad 3 is used.
The adhesive force between 0 and the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25 is set to be larger than the repulsive elastic force of the soft pad 30. Therefore, the soft pad 30 does not come off and is in close contact with the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25.

The vehicle door pad 27 faces the shoulder portion of the occupant seated on the seat cushion of the front seat 34.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. Figure 1
As shown in (B), the hard pad 2 of the door pad 27
8 and the soft pad 30 are bonded to each other in advance, and after bonding the soft pad 30 to the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25 of the door trim outer 11, the door trim outer 11 and the door trim inner 26 are assembled to assemble the door trim 10.

In this case, the thickness M1 of the soft pad 30 of the automobile door pad 27 is the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25.
Is thicker than the thickness of the protrusion 32, and the adhesive force between the soft pad 30 and the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25 is set to be larger than the repulsive elastic force of the soft pad 30.
Therefore, the soft pad 30 is attached to the back surface 25 of the trim substrate 25.
The back surface 2 of the trim base material 25 is compressed and deformed along the shape of A.
Adhere to 5A.

The assembling of the operating portion 18, the speaker grill 20 and the like is not directly related to the present invention, and the description thereof will be omitted. After that, the door trim 10 is assembled to the inner panel side of the inner panel of the front door.

Therefore, it is not necessary to process the door pad 27 according to the shape of the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25 of the door trim outer 11, and the productivity of the door pad can be improved. Further, the door pad 27 can be attached to other door trims having different shapes on the back surface side, so that the versatility of the door pad can be improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the shoulder portion of the occupant abuts the door trim 10 relatively weakly in a normal vehicle traveling state, the energy at this time is absorbed by the soft pad 30. Further, if another vehicle body or the like comes into relatively strong contact with the front door, and the occupant makes relatively strong contact with the door trim 10 at that time, the energy at this time is absorbed slightly by the soft pad 30, but most of it is hard. Pad 28
Is reliably absorbed by.

Further, by making the thickness M1 of the soft pad 30 thicker than the thickness M2 of the soft pad 30 mounted in the door trim 10, the amount of energy absorbed by the soft pad 30 can be increased.

A second embodiment of the vehicle door pad according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 (A) and 3 (B).

Regarding the same members as in the first embodiment,
The same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 3B, in the door pad 27 of this embodiment, a soft pad 30 is bonded so as to cover the side surface 28A of the hard pad 28 and the upper surface 28B and the lower surface 28C.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), when the protrusion 32 is projected on the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25, the soft pad 30 is compressed and deformed and adheres to the back surface 25A of the trim base material 25. And the upper surface 2 of the trim base material 25.
Even when the protrusion 32 projects on the 5B or the inclined surface 25C, the soft pad 30 is compressed and deformed, and the door pad 27 can be brought into close contact with the upper surface 25B or the inclined surface 25C of the trim base 25. Therefore, it is not necessary to process the door pad 27 according to the shape of the upper surface 25B or the inclined surface 25C of the trim base material 25, and the productivity of the door pad can be improved. Further, the door pad 27 can be attached to other door trims having different shapes on the back surface side including the upper surface or the inclined surface, so that the versatility of the door pad can be improved.

In each of the above embodiments, the hard pad 28 is used.
And the soft pad 30 to the vertical portion 2 of the door trim inner 26.
6D, that is, in the vicinity of facing the shoulder portion of the occupant seated on the seat cushion of the front seat 34, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be disposed so as to face the occupant's waist portion, and the door trim inner 26 is almost entirely covered. You may arrange.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the vehicle door pad according to the present invention is applied to the door trim 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to a quarter trim arranged in a two-door vehicle.

[0030]

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it has an excellent effect that the productivity of the automobile door pad can be improved and the versatility can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a sectional view taken along line 1-1 of FIG. 2 showing a door trim to which a vehicle door pad of a first embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 1B is a vehicle of a first embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the door pad for vehicles.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a door trim to which the vehicle door pad according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 (A) is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 (A) showing a door trim to which an automobile door pad of a second embodiment of the present invention is applied, and (B) a second embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the door pad for motor vehicles.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a door trim to which a conventional automobile door pad is applied, as seen from the front of the vehicle body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Door Trim 11 Door Trim Outer 25 Trim Base Material 25A Back Side 26 Door Trim Inner 27 Automotive Door Pad 28 Hard Pad 30 Soft Pad

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A door pad for an automobile, which is arranged on a back surface side of a base material of a door trim, wherein the hard pad is arranged at a position separated from the base material, and arranged between the hard pad and the base material. And a soft pad that is deformed according to the shape of the back surface of the base material and adheres to the back surface of the base material.